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RIME 4.01.06.02 composite
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Primary publication	RIME 4.01.06.02 composite
Author(s)	Frayne, Douglas R.
Publication date	1990
Secondary publication(s)
Collection
Museum no.
Accession no.
Provenience	Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Excavation no.
Period	Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)
Dates referenced	Ur-Ninurta.00.00.00
Object type	other (see object remarks)
Remarks	composite text
Material	composite
Language	Sumerian
Genre	Royal/Monumental
Sub-genre	composite
CDLI comments
Catalogue source	20140618 cdliadmin
ATF source	Foxvog, Daniel A.
Translation	Foxvog, Daniel A.
UCLA Library ARK	21198/z1v42140
Composite no.	Q001972
Seal no.
CDLI no.	P465395

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1. {d}nin-lil2 erisz mah
en: For Ninlil, the exalted queen,
2. {d}a-nun-ke4-ne pa e3
en: most resplendant of of the Anuna gods,
3. [x x x] an-ki-a
en: ... in heaven and earth
4. [...] x-gin7
en: like ...
5. [...] x
en: ...
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6'. [x x?] [...]
en: ...
7'. [x] ki x [...]
en: ...
8'. bara2 bara2-bi [...]
en: their daises ...
9'. nam-lugal-sze3 (x) x [...]
en: for kingship ...
10'. men gidri szum2-ma-am3
en: he the one given the crown and scepter,
11'. ama gal {d}a-nun-na-ke4-ne
en: for the great mother of the Anuna gods,
12'. nin ki-ur3-ra [x (x)]-x
en: the mistress of the Ki'ur ...,
13'. e2-kur esz3 mah-[a]
en: the exalted shrine Ekur's
14'. me-bi bar tam-e-de3
en: divine attributes to select,
15'. esz3 nibru{ki} dur-an-ki-ka
en: the Nippur shrine Duranki's
16'. szu-luh-bi sikil-e-de3
en: ritual lustrations to cleanse,
17'. garza szu-ta [szub-ba-be2]
en: to make the divine rites that had fallen away
18'. dalla mah e3-de3
en: reappear magnificently,
19'. nibru{ki} masz2 sag [kalam-ma]
en: and Nippur, the bellwether of the nation,
20'. ki-be2 gi4-gi4-de3
en: to restore to its previous state,
21'. ur-{d}nin-urta-ke4
en: it was Ur-Ninurta,
22'. e2-kur-sze3 gub-ba-am3
en: the one serving the Ekur,
23'. {d}en-lil2 lugal kur-kur-ra-ke4
en: upon whom Enlil, the king of all the lands,
24'. ug3 dagal szar2-ra-da
en: out over the broad population
25'. igi mi-ni-in-il2
en: did lift his eye
26'. zi-de3-esz bi-in-pa3
en: and did rightly choose.
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27'. an {d}en-lil2 {d}nin-lil2 x
en: (for) An, Enlil, (and) Ninlil
28'. nig2-hul im-ta-bu-ur2
en: I removed evil,
29'. e2-kur za-gin3 iri x ki bad#? im#?
en: and (in) the shining Ekur temple in the city ...
30'. [x] mu-ne-su8
en: I set them up for them.
31'. {uruda}alam me-dim2-bi
en: (Further,) copper figures whose bodily features
32'. musz3-me-ga2 se3-ga
en: were made to resemble me,
33'. masz kadra-ka
en: with an offering kid,
34'. im-tur-tur-re
en: were made in miniature(?),
35'. nam-szita-mu-sze3 gub-ba
en: and, set up for (the delivering of) my prayers,
36'. kisal mah ga2-gesz-szu2-a-ka
en: as the main courtyard of the Gagiššua's
37'. me-te-bi mu-na-dim2
en: ornament, I fashioned for her (Ninlil),
38'. nam-ti-la-mu-sze3
en: and for my life
39'. a mu-na-ru
en: I dedicated them to her.
40'. lu2 a2 nig2-hul-dim2-ma
en: A person who an order of wickedness
41'. ib2-szi-ag2-ge26-a
en: shall issue against it,
42'. nig2 dim2-ma-mu
en: and my creation
43'. [ib2-zi-re-a]
en: shall efface,
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44'. [x]-du11 mah {d}en-lil2-la2-ke4
en: by the exalted command of Enlil
45'. x x x mu pa3-da-ne2
en: ... may his revealed name
46'. [e2]-kur-ta inim he2-mi-ib2-gi4-gi4
en: be revoked from within the Ekur.
47'. {d}nin-urta ur-sag kal-ga {d}en-lil2-la2
en: May Ninurta, the mighty warrior of Enlil,
48'. maszkim <nu>-ku5-ru-bi he2-a
en: be the inseparable bailiff for this
49'. u4 da-ri2-sze3
en: for an eternity of days!

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